Create Cool Charts With Google Charts API
I recently discovered this great service by Google, which allows you to create many types of charts using a very easy API call.
This service is great for displaying dynamic data since the API call can be used as the image source, which means that using PHP/Javascript or any other dynamic language for forming the API call, will “link” your chart with the dynamic data you want to display
Here are a few calls along with the results:
1 | <img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:90,8,2&chs=500x200&chl=Firefox|IE|Others&chco=FF0000,00FF00,0000FF" alt="sample chart" /> |
1 | <img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=500x250&cht=gom&chd=t:70&chl=Productivity" alt="sample o-meter" /> |
Of course it’s not limited to be used with HTML, and you can use it in any programming language, as long as you know how to display images from the web.
Check the full documentation here. I’m sure that many great ideas will jump into your head when you see it.
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My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and a BSc. in electrical engineering from The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I'm a Verification Engineer in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and a BSc. in electrical engineering from The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I'm a Verification Engineer in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
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